New York ranked 6th best state to raise a family

by: Nate Niles

Posted: Jan 8, 2020 / 12:27 PM EST / Updated: Jan 8, 2020 / 12:27 PM EST

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM-TV)- After a recent study done by ‘WalletHub’, New York was found to be the sixth-best state to raise a family in the U.S. with Pennsylvania landing the twenty-fourth spot.

New York also received the first place spot for the most family fun state in the country and came in fourth for affordability.

Pennsylvania received a top ten spot by getting ranked tenth in affordability.

You can view the whole article on the ‘WalletHub’ website and the complete chart can be viewed below:

2020’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family

Overall Rank (1 = Best)	State	Total Score	‘Family Fun’ Rank	‘Health & Safety’ Rank	‘Education & Child Care’ Rank	‘Affordability’ Rank	‘Socio-economics’ Rank
1	Minnesota	63.71	12	3	6	13	4
2	Mass.	63.22	8	4	4	20	15
3	North Dakota	62.40	30	6	1	8	1
4	Vermont	61.09	43	1	3	28	6
5	New Hampshire	60.94	39	2	7	9	5
6	New York	60.71	1	17	16	4	45
7	New Jersey	59.12	21	15	5	1	29
8	Nebraska	58.02	14	13	12	18	10
9	Connecticut	56.76	26	9	2	5	40
10	Washington	56.39	7	28	26	3	18
11	South Dakota	56.37	33	10	10	24	7
12	Iowa	56.34	32	14	11	15	8
13	Wisconsin	56.28	20	16	17	12	11
14	Rhode Island	56.15	24	8	14	2	36
15	Colorado	54.25	6	22	28	32	12
16	Illinois	54.23	3	31	22	23	37
17	California	53.88	2	36	38	14	28
18	Maine	53.47	46	5	9	25	17
19	Utah	53.02	18	25	21	37	3
20	Virginia	52.66	28	18	15	16	20
21	Wyoming	52.55	34	7	8	44	16
22	Montana	51.70	31	19	13	45	9
23	Hawaii	51.55	16	12	30	34	14
24	Pennsylvania	50.71	11	27	29	10	24
25	Kansas	50.03	35	30	23	21	13
26	Missouri	49.76	23	32	24	19	19
27	Oregon	48.81	10	20	36	33	23
28	Ohio	48.16	17	26	27	7	44
29	Idaho	47.85	40	11	46	47	2
30	Maryland	47.35	22	40	18	17	32
31	Delaware	46.88	45	21	20	27	25
32	Indiana	46.73	36	34	31	11	21
33	Texas	45.59	5	49	41	38	31
34	Michigan	45.30	38	23	42	6	27
35	Alaska	44.09	15	29	35	26	47
36	Kentucky	43.88	44	33	19	29	39
37	Tennessee	43.58	25	38	32	41	22
38	North Carolina	43.55	27	37	25	40	30
39	Florida	42.07	9	41	37	50	43
40	Nevada	40.94	4	43	49	49	46
41	Arizona	40.78	13	35	48	48	26
42	Georgia	39.42	29	45	43	35	42
43	South Carolina	39.25	42	39	34	43	34
44	Oklahoma	37.02	37	50	40	42	33
45	Arkansas	36.98	47	47	33	36	35
46	Alabama	36.78	48	44	45	22	38
47	West Virginia	36.57	50	24	39	39	41
48	Louisiana	36.35	19	46	47	31	49
49	Mississippi	31.88	49	48	44	30	50
50	New Mexico	30.68	41	42	50	46	48